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Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton-area real estate from June 20 to 27, 2024:
Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien and Rowayton-area real estate from May 16 to 23, 2024:
Gov. Ned Lamont and Connecticut Transportation Commissioner Garrett Eucalitto on Friday provided an update on the ongoing demolition of the Fairfield Avenue Bridge over Interstate 95 in Norwalk, a day after an explosion closed the highway.
Here’s Realtor Deirdre McGovern’s report on Darien, Rowayton and Wilson Point real estate from May 18 to 25, 2023:
Impact Fairfield County, the area’s premier women’s collective giving organization, has awarded two $100,000 grants to Fairfield County nonprofits: Boys & Girls Club of Stamford (“BGCS”) and Filling in the Blanks (“FITB”).
The winners of the two grants were selected by a vote of Impact FFC’s 281-women membership at their Grant Awards Celebration in Darien on May 8.
In my college days I did some strange stuff — like driving all night from Chicago to NYC, hitting 75 mph on Interstate 80, just me and the trucks.
I was so tired and did everything I knew to stay awake — open the windows, crank up the radio and keep on rolling. Pretty dangerous, but what did I know?
The Darien Memorial Day Parade will be held Monday, May 27, 2024, kicking off at 10 a.m. Traffic detours and restrictions will be in effect at some locations beginning at 8 a.m. (see below).
After an extensive search, the Darien Land Trust announced the appointment of Elizabeth Mathus as its new executive director.
A resident of Darien for nine years, Mathus brings a wealth of experience and a deep commitment to the land trust’s mission.
Darien Library announced that it was asking the community for $130,000 on May 22, the anniversary of the 130-year-old institution’s founding in 1894. Today it announced that the money was raised.
Michael Andrew McCormick passed away on March 7, 2024, at the age of 78, and his wife, Diane, passed away just 10 days later, on March 17. She was 76. Both passed in Sebastian, Florida.
The Darien Community Association has announced that it’s awarding scholarships to 11 Darien High School seniors graduating this year.
Two young Stamford men driving on the Post Road were racing with each other, at least one witness told police shortly before 7:23 p.m. The cars hit each other, and one ended up in the parking area of a multifamily house, where it struck three parked vehicles, police said.
A 45-year-old Bristol man pleaded guilty Tuesday to committing numerous violent robberies across Connecticut, including in Darien, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Connecticut announced.
Most of the office park at Thorndal Circle is close to being sold to TC Northeast Metro Development Inc., which is proposing to demolish five office buildings and construct five residential buildings with 175 homes, according to filings with the Darien Planning and Zoning Department.
Darien’s Memorial Day keynote speaker this year will be author Robert H. Patton, grandson of General George S. Patton Jr., of World War II fame, and son of Major Gen. George S. Patton IV.
you’re invited to cheer on the athletes at Special Olympics Connecticut’s 2024 Summer Games the weekend after Memorial Day — Saturday and Sunday, June 1 and 2, with an opening ceremony on Friday, May 31.
Summer travel is soaring this Memorial Day weekend: AAA projects 43.8 million travelers — including nearly 2 million New Englanders — will head 50 miles or more from home over the Memorial Day holiday travel period, May 23 to 27.
This year’s total number of travelers constitutes a 4% increase over last year and exceeds pre-pandemic levels for the first time.
Dog Licenses are available beginning June 1, and it will cost dog owners more if they don’t get a new license by June 30, the end of the month, according to an announcement on the Darien government website.
Lou and Jessica Pelletier, advisors at Pelletier Senior Planning will host an educational workshop on long-term care planning. addressing the growing need for care among seniors and baby boomers.
The two will give an hour-long presentation Thursday evening, May 23, at Darien Library.
It’s never too early to plan for the future.
The Community Fund of Darien has announced partnership with the Darien Public Schools and Darien’s Health Department to fund a TeenTalk mental health counselor at Middlesex Middle School.
The Community Fund hopes to raise $30,000 for a grant to the school district in response to Darien’s Youth Survey results, which indicated the need for mental health support for the town’s youth, the organization said in a news release.
Jane Brady Dragone died peacefully on Sunday, May 12, 2024 in Middlebury, Vermont. She was 93.
Two members of Shakespeare on the Sound will discuss Romeo and Juliet on Wednesday evening, May 29, at Darien Library, two weeks before performances start on June 12 in Rowayton’s Pinkney Park.
Anthony Charles Festa passed away peacefully in Guilford on Saturday, May 4, 2024. He was 85.
The late John J. Droney will be honored with a new wartime street sign thanks to the Darien Monuments and Ceremonies Commission.
Alexandra Horowitz, a dog researcher and author of “The Year of the Puppy: How Dogs Become Themselves,” will share her knowledge and insights in a presentation at New Canaan Library on Thursday evening, May 23.
Don’t you just love that “new car smell”? Well, that’s coming — slowly — to Amtrak, as the nation’s passenger railroad replaces its old fleet of cars.
A 37-year-old New Haven man became disruptive with other customers immediately after entering Palmer’s Market, and he was even attempting to start fights with some of them, Darien police were told.
Darien Library and Barrett Bookstore welcome author Sierra Greer on Tuesday Evening, May 21, in a discussion of her new book, Annie Bot.